Board of Directors

2012 – 2013  GOVERNING BOARD

Officers
Chair Susan Blumenfield, DSW, Hospital Administrator (retired)
Vice Chair Steve Brown, Fiesta Plaza Nutritional Products
Treasurer Ron Villafana, State Compensation Insurance Fund (retired)
Secretary Diane Medina, ABC7
Members-at-Large
Bruce Anderson, M.A. FLMI.CCEP.CHC. Healthnet
Peter Gonzalez, SC Planners
Jocelyn Guihama, UCLA Center for Civil Society
Gayathri Jith, MPH, FACHE, Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Julie Kelley,Esq., Warner Brothers Home Entertainment
Robert Mayers, ESE Corporation (retired)
Evelyn Martinez, Wells Fargo
Rochelle Nakajima, CPA, Cohn Reznick LLP
John O’Keefe, Financial Executive (retired)
Jose Oliva, Julie Stav
Tracy Rafter, L.A. County Business Federation
Maritza Recinos, L.A. County Dept. of Social Services
Angela Rivers, Mission Valley Bank
Sr. Colleen Settles, Op, D. Min, Providence Health and Services
Virginia Tanawong, Universal Studios Hollywood
Ward White, American Int’l Engineering & Manufacturing
Staff Participants 
Marianne Haver Hill, MEND, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jenny Gutierrez, MEND, Chief Operating Officer
Maggie Torres, MEND, Director of Programs and Service
Scott Mikels, MEND, Controller

 

2012 – 2013 PROGRAM BOARD

Officers
Chair Maritza Recinos, MPA, L.A. Dept. Public Social Services
Vice Chair Adriana Barrera, PhD, L.A. Community College District
Members-at-Large
Yolanda Anguiano, MPH, California Food Policy Advocates
Frankline Augustin, DPPD, MSHA, CSUN
Yvonne Chan, Ed.D, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
Imran Chaudry, Providence Health Services
Paul Collins, Collins Insurance Services
Susan Fredericks, DDS
Rosa Furumoto, Ed.D, CSUN
Gigi Gomez, Community Volunteer
Awade Khan-Variba, MSW Candidate, CSUN
Ritamarie Little, RD, MS, Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science
Doug Marriot, Cooperative Education/Job Resource Center, LAVC
Andrew Marino, Whiteman Airport
Darelene Montes-Bejar, L.A. Mission College
Marco Ramirez, PhD Candidate, Nonprofit Consultant
Carolyn Rose, LVN, Kaiser Permanente (retired)
Ed Rose, Lockheed (retired)
Audrey L. Simons, RN, Mission Community Hospital
Elizabeth Trebow, PhD, Phillips Graduate Institute
Sharon Ulmer, RN, HRN Services Inc.
Kevin Walsh, PsyD, Loyola Marymount and Phillips Graduate Institute
Staff Participants 
Marianne Haver Hill, MEND, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jenny Gutierrez, MEND, Chief Operating Officer
Maggie Torres, MEND, Director of Programs and Service
Maria Salmeron, MEND, Associate Director of Programs